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Chinese Mobile Phone Users Sent 699.2 Billion Texts Last Year

23 February 2016

Messaging ChinaChinese mobile phone users sent out a total of 699.2 billion short messages in 2015, according to statistics from the …

Apple Malware Infestation In China Shows Companies' Weaknesses

22 September 2015

A number of Chinese Apple iOS apps this week were found infected with XcodeGhost malware. This makes both Apple and the technology companies who created the malware-infested apps look bad. Download speeds appear to be a prime reason why Chinese app developers of at least 57 apps, including WeChat and Didi Chuxing, chose to download […]

China's Tencent Invests In Another American Mobile Game Firm

18 May 2015

Tencent reportedly invested USD60 million in the acquisition of a 20% stake in Pocket Gems, a start-up mobile game company in America. Tencent will gain one position on the board of directors at Pocket Gems, according to reports in foreign media. Founded in 2009, Pocket Gems is headquartered in San Francisco and the company is […]

Is China Mobile Now Competing With Whatsapp And Wechat?

13 January 2015

Chinese information technology solutions provider Ultrapower's wholly-owned subsidiary is helping China's biggest mobile provider compete with instant messaging apps like Facebook's Whatsapp, Tencent's Wechat, and Apple's iMessage.

Xbox One Starts China Sales Via JD.com's Social Media Channels

28 July 2014

With a newly-minted IPO under its belt, Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc. announced today that is now taking pre-orders for Microsoft's Xbox One gaming console. As part of an agreement between the companies, JD.com will have the exclusive right to accept pre-orders for Xbox One in China from July 28-30, 2014, through JD.com's Mobile QQ […]

Social Media Messaging Causes China Mobile's First Annual Profit Drop

26 March 2014

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile announced its annual results for 2013 in Hong Kong, and those financial numbers did not impress. During the entire year of 2013, China Mobile's operating revenue was CNY630.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 8.3%; but its net profit was CNY121.7 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 5.9%. This is reportedly the […]

Twitter's IPO Showcases Chinese Growth Hurdles

04 October 2013

Twitter's just-released initial public offering prospectus shows China is still an important deficit in its global growth strategy. In Twitter's F-1 IPO statement, the company said it is raising USD1 billion, which is largely a pro forma number until the company calculates fees and eyes its roadshow. The company recorded USD317 million in revenue in […]

Xiaomi's Latest Google Android Hire Faces Uncertain Mobile Future

29 August 2013

Hugo Barra, the vice president for Android product management at Google, has taken a new job at China-based smartphone maker Xiaomi. Foreign media have reported extensively over the past day that Barra's departure from Google is a dark omen for the search engine, but a boon for the Chinese startup Xiaomi, which values itself at […]

Tencent Appoints New VP For E-commerce Business

09 August 2013

Chinese Internet company Tencent sent an internal email to announce that Bu Guangqi, chief executive officer of Yixun.com, has been appointed new vice president of Tencent. Bu will report to Wu Xiaoguang, chief executive officer of Tencent E-Commerce Holding Company. Bu's goal will be to lead the building and development of Tencent's e-commerce self-branded business. […]

Tencent's WeChat Boasts 50 Million Registered Users

20 June 2013

Chinese Internet company Tencent announced that its WeChat service has gained over 50 million registered users. Specially designed for overseas users, WeChat has expanded into Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Mexico and the Middle East countries. It has become one of the most downloaded social apps on the Apple App Store […]

China Mobile Will Soon Unveil Instant Messaging App

05 June 2013

In a bid to compete directly with Microsoft's Skype and Tencent's Weixin WeChat, China Mobile International Limited will formally launch a self-developed instant communications and network telephone application named Jego by the end of this month. Initially targeting the large Chinese overseas diaspora and international users who want to contact their friends and relatives in […]

Tencent Cuts Staff In North American Game Studio

16 May 2013

Chinese Internet company Tencent recently completed its staff layout in its North American office, and about 20 employees were dismissed during this adjustment, accounting for 40% of its total employees in North America. According to reports in Chinese local media, this layoff reportedly focused on the product department, which is the game studio of Tencent […]

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